Chronicles of Notre Dame du Lac
Edward Sorin, CSC -- Translated by John M. Toohey, CSC, 1895

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1855

pg 225       of law.  Thus the Academy of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception 
             had a legal existence and was recognized by the State more than a 
             month before the completion of the first house.
                  The work was pushed forward vigorously:  it was necessary to 
             have things in readiness by the 1st of September.  The two houses
             of Mishawaka and Bertrand were now destroyed.  
                  The mission of Notre Dame had not been visited by its bishop 
             since 1849.  Towards the end of July Mgr. de St. Palais, bishop of 
             Vincennes, came for the second time to make the regular visit.  He 
             remained nearly a month, and appeared to be well pleased with the 
             progress that religion had made through the work of Holy Cross in 
             this part of the North.  In the interval since his first visit, 
             the congregations, churches, buildings, and the inmates of Notre 
             Dame had almost doubled.  The letter written by His Lordship some 
             weeks after his departure from Notre Dame shows his satisfaction 
             and what an interest he takes in the Establishment.
                  The distribution of the college this year was honored by the